Alyattes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλυάττης (Aluáttēs), itself from Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯 (walwet).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈat.teːs/, [älʲyˈät̪ːeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈat.tes/, [äliˈät̪ːes]

Proper noun

Alyattēs m sg (genitive Alyattis); third declension

1. A king of Lydia and father of Croesus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alyattēs
genitive	Alyattis
dative	Alyattī
accusative	Alyattem
ablative	Alyatte
vocative	Alyattēs

References

• “Alyattes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Alyattes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.